Little Boy Spills Slushie In Target, And His Dad Reacts In The Most Amazing Way (UPDATED)
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Remember that terrifying feeling of looking up at your parents after making a big mistake? It just recently happened to a little boy from Minneapolis who spilled a slushie all over the floor of a Target store. The way his dad reacted, however, is making the entire Internet slow clap with utter respect.
Though the boy and his father remain unnamed, the story of their touching moment made it to Facebook via Kalynne Marie, a Minneapolis mom who witnessed it all from a table at Starbucks. “As soon as the father started helping his son clean up, I opened the Notes app on my phone and wrote what he said word for word, because I was so inspired by how he was handling the situation,” Marie told Babble. Her post has since gone viral, and has been shared more than 58 thousand times.
Find out what happened below, and let us know if you agree that this was “parenting done right!”
A Minneapolis mom was sitting in Starbucks at her local Target when she saw something amazing happen
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“As soon as the father started helping his son clean up, I opened the Notes app on my phone…”
“I was so inspired by how he was handling the situation,” Marie told Babble
Some people want to give this anonymous man the award for Father of the Year
Others, however, weren’t exactly buying it
The best part? Parents started sharing their own similar touching experiences
Later on, Marie ran into this super-dad at the very same Target, and sent Bored Panda this selfie and message
“Thank you for sharing my story about the father in Target with the son who spilled his slushie! I wanted to let you know that I ran into them today at the same Target [and] was able to show him my post and all the amazing responses it’s gotten! He was blown away! We even got a selfie together to share! Thank you so much!”
What do you think? Was this parenting done right? Tell us below!
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Whaat?!?! You are telling me that there is a father out there who showed his kid how to clean up instead of getting angry and shouting at him?!?! That is absolutely unbelievable. Really. I've never ever heard such a great story. give him the nobel peace prize for acting like all the other dads out there would've acted. amazing story! srsly! tell me more!
Exactly. And here, let me throw in some selfies of myself and my kid, while I'm at it.
Exactly, she couldn't just write about the experience and share it......She had to make it about her as well, and post a pic.
Ikr.
I've been in public plenty of times and have seen parents belittle their children infront of everyone for the smallest things like that, I'm sure she just meant it was nice to see someone teaching life lessons :)
Excellent said...But it must be a said something for this courageous woman and mom.She didn't hesitate a second to open her note app, post this incredible incident on Facebook and willingly expose her face and her daughter in irrelevant postures for the superior purpose to collect more likes and make this story viral in boredpanda.
She's an hero to me.
I love stories like this too! So awesome of his dad to do that (awesome name btw one of me fav characters from the Simpsons)
Not all the other dads. My dad would have whooped my a*s when we got home and actually most parents would do that because they think it's ok
That's what I thought. My parents would have done the same thing plus thy did even more 'amazing' stuff but back in the 70s there was no internet...
Wow, yes, I didn't know that's possible! Wow!
Can't wait for another story like "my children asked for a soda, I said no, and he didn't cry, we are the kid/parent of the year"
You're lucky! You've probably never witnessed a mom or dad backhand a small child for a minor infraction, then drag the kid away so hard his shoulder could be dislocated! Yay for your world!
You just don't get it, do you?
hahaha love it
Lmao!!!!
I am torn between joining the cheering chorus and saying: "Why do we need to celebrate a parent being responsible?" Even if the boy would have been fidgety, ranting would have been the wrong approach for the control of need for movement does develop somewhere between the fourth and the seventh year...that's why it is also senseless to punish pre-schoolers who cannot sit quietly in a chair. (They would after execise that is adequate for them, which again is highly individual.) We adults "simply" need to be considerate of whether children do something out of bad intent (which, by the way, is almost impossible before the reach the age of four for lack of mental capacity) or if it are accidents. You then do not even need the speech the father gave – we need to be good role models. Want your children to be clean? Do not leave your trash. Of course, this needs to be differentiated, but I guess you get my point.
What I totally do not get is why this is illustrated with selfies with the one witnessing the incident. Five minute fame? I might be too conservative on this regard, but family photos, particularly with young children, are not meant to be publicly on social media.
I'm guessing because bored panda pulled the pictures from her profile. I doubt she added these images to the story herself. My question is, why are you so bothered by this nice story that you have to find fault with it? How long did it take you and how satisfied with yourself were you when you finally found something to complain about?
Totally agree! They are only interested in taking selfies. Honestly, "Modern" people, go find something useful to do!
Shame on you Hans, for being an old 'Fuddy-Duddy'...................................like me. :D
;)
Pretty sure this didn't even happen, so don't be torn. "As long as you take responsibility for your mistakes, the clean up is a breeze!" Who talks like that? And she immediately started taking notes, so we're expected to believe she's quoting verbatim? B******t. Just another person wanting twitter fame.
Whaat?!?! You are telling me that there is a father out there who showed his kid how to clean up instead of getting angry and shouting at him?!?! That is absolutely unbelievable. Really. I've never ever heard such a great story. give him the nobel peace prize for acting like all the other dads out there would've acted. amazing story! srsly! tell me more!
Exactly. And here, let me throw in some selfies of myself and my kid, while I'm at it.
Exactly, she couldn't just write about the experience and share it......She had to make it about her as well, and post a pic.
Ikr.
I've been in public plenty of times and have seen parents belittle their children infront of everyone for the smallest things like that, I'm sure she just meant it was nice to see someone teaching life lessons :)
Excellent said...But it must be a said something for this courageous woman and mom.She didn't hesitate a second to open her note app, post this incredible incident on Facebook and willingly expose her face and her daughter in irrelevant postures for the superior purpose to collect more likes and make this story viral in boredpanda.
She's an hero to me.
I love stories like this too! So awesome of his dad to do that (awesome name btw one of me fav characters from the Simpsons)
Not all the other dads. My dad would have whooped my a*s when we got home and actually most parents would do that because they think it's ok
That's what I thought. My parents would have done the same thing plus thy did even more 'amazing' stuff but back in the 70s there was no internet...
Wow, yes, I didn't know that's possible! Wow!
Can't wait for another story like "my children asked for a soda, I said no, and he didn't cry, we are the kid/parent of the year"
You're lucky! You've probably never witnessed a mom or dad backhand a small child for a minor infraction, then drag the kid away so hard his shoulder could be dislocated! Yay for your world!
You just don't get it, do you?
hahaha love it
Lmao!!!!
I am torn between joining the cheering chorus and saying: "Why do we need to celebrate a parent being responsible?" Even if the boy would have been fidgety, ranting would have been the wrong approach for the control of need for movement does develop somewhere between the fourth and the seventh year...that's why it is also senseless to punish pre-schoolers who cannot sit quietly in a chair. (They would after execise that is adequate for them, which again is highly individual.) We adults "simply" need to be considerate of whether children do something out of bad intent (which, by the way, is almost impossible before the reach the age of four for lack of mental capacity) or if it are accidents. You then do not even need the speech the father gave – we need to be good role models. Want your children to be clean? Do not leave your trash. Of course, this needs to be differentiated, but I guess you get my point.
What I totally do not get is why this is illustrated with selfies with the one witnessing the incident. Five minute fame? I might be too conservative on this regard, but family photos, particularly with young children, are not meant to be publicly on social media.
I'm guessing because bored panda pulled the pictures from her profile. I doubt she added these images to the story herself. My question is, why are you so bothered by this nice story that you have to find fault with it? How long did it take you and how satisfied with yourself were you when you finally found something to complain about?
Totally agree! They are only interested in taking selfies. Honestly, "Modern" people, go find something useful to do!
Shame on you Hans, for being an old 'Fuddy-Duddy'...................................like me. :D
;)
Pretty sure this didn't even happen, so don't be torn. "As long as you take responsibility for your mistakes, the clean up is a breeze!" Who talks like that? And she immediately started taking notes, so we're expected to believe she's quoting verbatim? B******t. Just another person wanting twitter fame.